Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-12
CHAPTER XIII.

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CHAPTER XVIII
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"aa "eu" 10 get arput little IN I'll
middle OF the day, that message came t
me from Sir Henry to say that Sorais wou,
he brought before Them In the queens fir'S
sn'echamne' al midday' anu requested m
atteudanc. il ;,ossjble Accordingly pre,tJ,
drawn by curiosity TO se thi, unbappy va
man once more. | made shift with th. beI,
of that kind little fellow Alphonse who i, ,
perfect treasure to me, and that of apotbe,
waiting man. to reach the antechamber
got there indeed. before anvbody else, sxrep
a few Of the yrea, court officials who had
been hidden to be present, but had scarcel,
.eated myself before Sorais was brought i.
nv a party of guards. looking as beau.it,,
and defiant as ever but with worn ex
preston on her proud face She was, a,
usual dressed IN her rovaI kat embIazoned
with the emblem of tn. Sun and IN her righ,
hand she still held the tov spear of silver A
nany of admiration and pity went through
me as looked at her and struggling to nv
feet | bowed deeply at the same time ex
pressing my sorrow that l was not able
owing to my condition to remain standing
before her.
She colo-ed a little and then laughed bit
terly Thou dost forget. Macumazahn :
she said, II am no more a queen save in
blood. am an outcast and a prisoner one
whom all men should scorn, and none show
difference to"
AT least, " I replied, s.thou art still a lady
and therefore one to whom Difference is due
Also thou art in an evil case. and therefore i,
is doubly due-
-Ah,r she answered. with a little laueb
4thou dost forget that | would have wrapped
thee in a sheet of gold and hung thee TO The
angels trumpet at the topmost pinuacIe of tb.
temple,
.No- answered 81 assura thee I forpot !,
not. ,ndee,d I often .bouybt of i, when i,
seemed to me that the hattie of the Pass WAS
turning agaips, us Inn. the trumpet =, ,b.r.
and am still here though perchance not for
long So WHY talk Of IL nowr'
sAh,- she went on .tb, battlei the battle
Oh vould that I were o,ce more a oueen, il
only for one )it,l. bour. and I would take such
a vengeance on those accursed iackals who
deserted me IN nv need tha. IL sbould only
be spoken of in whispers those women. tbos.
p,reop hearted half breeds who Sill ff.red them.
selves to he overcome " and she cboksd in her
wrath
4Ay and that little coward beside thee she
went on pointip0 at AInbonse vii h the silver
spear. wbereat lie looked yery uucomforta.
bl. he escapsd and BETRAYED INV plans I
tried to max. a genera, of him telling the
soldiers il was Bonpr,p and tn srourue y.lor
into him. he a AIphopss sb,vered =, some
uub,ppy recollection. ..but IL was Of no,vai
He Ind beneath a banner in NV tent and Tins
overheard all nv mans Iwop,d that 7 had
slain lin. but. alas held nv hand. And
thou, Macumazabn, I have heard OF wha,
thou dids., thou art brave man and hast a
loval heart And the black one TOO .b bs
was a man. Ifain would have seen him burl
Nasta from the stairway
"Thou art a strange woman Sor,is-r I
ssid Il prav thee now plead with the Queen
Nyleptha, that perchance she NAV show
mercy unto thee.n
She laughed out loud. " p,ead for rnercyr,
she said. and a. tba. moment the oresn on.
tered. accompanied by Sir Henry and Good
and took her seat with an impassive face. As
for moor Good, he looked intensely III MT ease
Correcting. Sorsi,r' said Nvleptba after n
short pause. Thou hast rent the kingdom
like . rag, thou hast put thousands of my
people to the sword, thou hast twice base)y
plotted to DESTROY NV life by murder. thou
hast sworn to slay nv lord and his compan-
ions and to hurl me from the stairway What
hast thou to saw why thou shouldst not dies
Speak, o Soraisr'
"Methinks nv sister. the oueen. hath for
gotten the chief count of the Indictment
Sorais. in her slow musical tones
1T runs thus Thou didst strive to win the
love Of my lord Incubu.' 1t is for this crime
that my sister will slay me. not because I
levied war. 1t is perhaps happy for the.
Nyleptha, tha. fixed INV mind upon his love
90 late.
Listen" she went on, raising her voice II
ave naught to saw save that / wou,d I had
won instead OF lost Do thou with me even
Is thou wilt, o queen. and let INV lord the
King there (,cinting to Sir Henrv,, for now
will h.. b, king. carry out the sentence. as it
s meet he should. for as be is the beginning
II the evil, let him also be the epd.p and she
irew herself up and shot one angry GLANCE at
lin from her deep fringed ewes. ana then he.
yan to toy with her spear
Sir Henry bent toward NyIeptha and wbis-
,ered something that could not catch and
hen the queen spoke.
@Sorais, ever have I been a good sister 10
bee. When our father died. and there was
much talk in the land as to whether tbop
houldst sit upon the throne with me. I heinz,
he elder, gave nv voice for thee and said
Nay, let her sit. She is twin with me. wa !
we're born at birth; wherefore sbould Tn. ons |
'e preferred before the otherr Ard so has it |
Yer been 'twixt thee and me. my sister. But |
low thou knowe>t in what sort thcu hast re- |
aid me, but have prevailed, and thy life |
) forfeit. Sorais. And yet art thou my sis |
pr, born at birth with me. and we PLAYED .
,gether when we were little and loved each |
IEer much. and at night We slept in the same
OF with our arms each around the others
pcE and therefore even now do..S ,,y hs.,.